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If the West wants to fight for Ukraine on the battlefield, Russia is prepared for it, acting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Monday. "It's their right - if they want it to be on the battlefield, it will be on the battlefield," state-run news agency RIA cited Lavrov as saying. Russia has stepped up warnings about the dangers of a direct confrontation with NATO since French President Emmanuel Macron refused to rule out the possibility that Western troops could at some point be sent there.
At first glance, Andrei Belousov does not appear to fit the mould of a Russian defence minister.
"That is going to be extraordinarily challenging for him," said Donald Trump's niece.
A soldier who went missing during the Korean War has been identified after 70 years. It was the hope of his mother that he would come home again.
A spokesperson for the city of Wildwood said Trump spoke to 80,000 to 100,000 people, but video of the event made that hard to believe.
"We’re a good family. Never have done anything wrong," Donald Trump's son said on Fox News.
Russia has found vast oil and gas reserves in the Antarctic, much of it in areas claimed by the UK.
Vladimir Putin has fired his defence minister as Russian troops seize villages in a surprise border raid that raised fears of an attack on the second city of Kharkiv.
This has been another week of shame for the United Nations, which has again voted to reward terrorism and victim-blame Israel. The general assembly has voted overwhelmingly to back the Palestinian bid for full UN membership, a move that Israel’s envoy, Gilad Erdan, has warned will give “the rights of a state to an entity that is already partly controlled” by Hamas.
Ayman Mohyeldin details rise of a racist and white nationalist movement within the Republican Party.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in April that attacking Russian oil refineries risked impacting global energy markets.
Codebreaker Bob Zeidman found that the data that MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell said showed election fraud was itself a fraud.
(Bloomberg) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked Colombian President Gustavo Petro after the South American leader called for his arrest over the war in Gaza.Most Read from BloombergTrump Vows ‘Day One’ Executive Order Targeting Offshore WindPutin Names Economist as Defense Minister in Surprise ReshuffleChina to Start $138 Billion Bond Sale on Friday to Boost EconomyGlobal Chips Battle Intensifies With $81 Billion Subsidy Surge“Israel will not be lectured by an antisemitic suppo
What do I do? I feel almost paralysed. This is going to be one of the most important elections in my lifetime and I’ve absolutely no idea how to vote. Imagine it’s November, now: I’m in the booth, my little pencil hovering over the ballot paper, playing 3D chess in my head. I hate the Tories. I fear Labour. I don’t have faith in Reform.
A wargame followed through on Trump's threat of the US quitting NATO and what would happen next.
The Welsh Government is using satellites to spy on homeowners with big gardens, as it seeks to overhaul council tax, The Telegraph can disclose.
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria examines the race between Biden and Trump ahead of the 2024 election.
Even by the dismal standards of the Welsh Labour government, plans to deploy satellites to spy on home-owners must mark a new low. In a possible attempt to squeeze yet more council tax from homeowners, “aerial and street-view photography” will be used to verify the size of houses, with those living in areas with good schools or lower crime rates also likely to be “punished” under the new regime.
When the police came knocking on Wu Lixin’s door one day, he knew it was finally time to flee China.
Putin’s aide says new defence minister, a civilian, Andrei Belousov is the ‘right fit for the job’